Originally Posted by Doc402

Hey burley, new member here and I must say you do great write-ups. Here's the skinny on why I'm here. I use to own a civic hatch but last winter some high school smacked into the front end. Before the accident I had retrofitted TL projectors and loved them. Now I find myself the owner of one of my favorites cars, but I'm missing the TL projectors.

Everything about the kit survived the crash minus the shroud and Philips bulbs. I gotta say those projectors are built solid, one projector was knocked out as the headlights was completely smashed, only damage was a nick in the center of the lens.

So the question for you sir is... I know it would be difficult but, would you think it is at all possible to fit TL projectors into my 2002 mini cooper headlights. Also how was spacing like in the back of the housing, did you have to cut much?

Originally Posted by Doc402

I'm in the process of trying to obtain some headlights to attempt the retro fit, if the TL doesn't fit I'll look into swapping them out for some TSX or something similar.

My question for you today is if I read correctly you gutted a newer style headlight and was able to put them into your 2002 housing. Was this difficult?

Originally Posted by DMBFan2

Where did you find this light?

Originally Posted by burley

I made it

Originally Posted by Carmichael

Hi, burley. Mind if I pick your brain a little? :3

Would the projectors and housing in '05-'06 HID headlamp assemblies fit inside '05-'06 NON-HID headlamp assemblies?

I have an '05 without the HID option and was thinking about swapping the projector + projector housing into my headlamps (which don't have the washers).

I never liked the headlamp washers or the irregular shape of the HID trim rings.

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by scoopy

was able to retrofit the s2k to my headlights. unfortunately, i can't use my existing hid (except for the bulb) as the socket/igniter wouldn't fit the s2k housing. also, it was a tight fit in the headlight. (we just finished one only for 9 hours) hahaha...



you have to trim lots of parts... i love the output however, i'm missing the mini eyes:(

Originally Posted by burley

Yes, they should fit. However.. The amount of trouble involved just to keep the same OE lighting and ditch the washers isn't worth it IMO. If you're going to tear into a set of lights, might as well stick a couple of TSX in there.

Thats what I would have said 6 years ago.. When I bought my 06 R53 the last thing I wanted to do was screw with the OE xenons. I would just pick up a set of OE facelift xenons and be done with it I think there's some reprogramming that has to be done on 05/06 Coopers though. Pre-facelift should be plug and play.

**EDIT. Just looked at the date of that post, lol. Sorry, I don't frequent this site all that often anymore.

Originally Posted by burley

Correct me if Im wrong, but are you only using the front 1/2 of the S2000 projectors? You need the reflector side of the S2000 otherwise there's no point. The focal points won't match and it'll look like crap.